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Imagine this:
“Ravi met Ravi’s friend at the market. Then Ravi and Ravi’s friend went to Ravi’s house.”
Sounds odd, right?
We don’t talk like that in real life.
Instead, we say:
“Ravi met his friend at the market. Then they went to his house.”
This is the magic of pronouns- short, simple words that help us avoid repeating names again and again.
They make our sentences cleaner, shorter, and easier to say.
No complicated grammar, no boring rules- just what you need to speak better and sound more natural.
Let’s Start.
Think of Them Like Shortcuts for Nouns
A pronoun is a word that replaces a noun– so you don’t have to keep saying the same name again and again.
Personal pronouns are used to talk about people or things directly.
They replace names and help make sentences shorter and smoother.
Examples:
I, you, he, she, it, we, they, me, him, her, us, them’
Possessive pronouns show that something belongs to someone.
They take the place of both the person and the thing they own.
Examples:
mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
Reflexive pronouns are used when the subject and the object of a sentence are the same person.
It means the person is doing something to themselves.
Examples:
myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves
Demonstrative pronouns are used to point at specific things.
They show whether the object is near or far, and if it’s one or many.
Examples:
this, that, these, those
Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions.
They help us get information about people or things.
Examples:
who, whom, what, which, whose
Relative pronouns connect two parts of a sentence and give more information about a noun.
They act like a bridge between two ideas.
Examples:
who, whom, whose, which, that
Indefinite pronouns refer to people or things without being exact.
We use them when we don’t know or don’t say exactly who or what.
Examples:
someone, anyone, everyone, nobody, something, everything
Reciprocal pronouns are used when two or more people are doing the same thing to each other.
They show a shared action or feeling between two or more people.
Examples:
each other, one another
The pronoun should match the person (I/he/they), number (one/many), and gender (he/she) of the noun.
Examples:
Anita is kind. She helps others.
My friends are helpful. They support me.
When someone does something to themselves, use words like myself, himself, themselves, etc.
Examples:
Once you’ve said the name of a person or thing, use a pronoun the next time.
Examples:
Let’s see how well you remember what you’ve learned!
Below is a sentence that repeats the same noun too many times.
2Can you replace the repeated words with the correct pronouns?
Priya is a teacher. Priya teaches children. Priya’s students love Priya because Priya is kind.
Your Task:
Try rewriting this using pronouns instead of repeating “Priya”.
(Think about which pronouns to use: she, her, hers, etc.)
Answer:
Priya is a teacher. She teaches children. Her students love her because she is kind.
You did it! See how pronouns made the sentence shorter and smoother?
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